05/11/2010

It's an old joke, but one that shows how temperamental the weather in the Great Lakes State can be—and how much the residents enjoy talking about it. Paul Gross, a popular Detroit television meteorologist, shows readers exactly how extreme the weather in Michigan can be, from heat waves to bitter snows, ice storms to tornadoes, floods to high winds.

Net Neutrality: Did the FCC actually stand up for consumers?. Net Neutrality: Did the FCC actually stand up for consumers?Help the FCC stop powerful corporations from dictating the information we can access on the internet.

05/09/2010

Why Twitter Is the Future of News

An unprecedented analysis reveals that the micro-blogging service is remarkably effective at spreading "important" information.

By Christopher Mims

It's basically impossible for a
journalist who relies on Twitter to find stories, stalk editors, rack up "whuffie" and beef with rap
stars
to be objective about the service.

Fortunately, I don't have to be, because
four researchers from the Department of Computer Science at the Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology have performed a multi-part analysis of Twitter. They
conclude that it's a surprisingly interconnected network and an effective way
to filter quality information.

In a move unprecedented in the history of
academic research on Demi Moore's chosen medium for feuding with Kim
Kardashian,
Kwak et al. built an array of 20 PCs to slurp down the entire contents of Twitter over the course of a month. If you were
on Twitter in July 2009, you participated in their experiment.